KPK Will Investigate Alleged Flow Of Syahrul Yasin Limpo Corruption Money To NasDem

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Johanis Tanak at a press conference related to the Syahrul Yasin Limpo / PHOTO case: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will explore the flow of corruption money enjoyed by former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. Including, the possibility of the money being enjoyed by the NasDem Party.

It is known that Syahrul is a member of the Nasdem Party Expert Council. He even became one of the three ministers from the party created by Surya Paloh before resigning.

"Whether there is a flow of funds to NasDem, NasDem will still be investigated later," said KPK Deputy Chair Johanis Tanak to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, October 11.

Tanak explained that Syahrul allegedly set different rates for employees who are required to deposit monthly money. This practice he did during his tenure as Minister of Agriculture.

The levy was quoted by Syahrul through two of his subordinates, the Secretary General (Sekjen) of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and the Director of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery of the Ministry of Agriculture Muhammad Hatta. The benchmarks required to be deposited are around 4,000-10,000 US dollars.

Kasdi and Hatta collected the money through cash transfers, bank transfers, or goods. Johanis said, the source of the money used included the realization of the Ministry of Agriculture's budget which had been marked up.

Including requests for money from vendors who get projects at the ministry. The receipt of money through KS and MH as a representation as well as a confidant of SYL is carried out regularly every month using foreign currency denominations," he said.

Next, the money was used for Syahrul's personal interests. Among them are paying credit card installments to buy a Toyota Alphard car.

"So far, the money enjoyed by SYL together with KS and MH is around Rp. 13.9 billion and a more in-depth investigation is still being carried out by the investigative team," Johanis explained.

Currently, Kasdi has been detained at the KPK detention center. Meanwhile, Syahrul and Hatta did not meet the investigators because they had family needs and asked for a reschedule.

As a result of his actions, these three suspects are suspected of violating Article 12 letters e and 12B of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.